As I Was Crossing Boston Common. This item is unavailable.As I Was Crossing Boston Common

Very Good+ illustrated dust jacket, a mylar dust jacket has been added, $6.95 price on inside flap upper corner, the illustration is of numerous animals following a turtle, rear cover illustration is a monkey. The Very Good+ binding is gold cloth over boards, showing a black-line illustration of a turtle, black lettering on the spine. Last page has a small hole near bottom not affecting text or illustrations. Pages are clean and the binding is tight. The book measures 8.5" Tall x 10.3" wide. Stated: First Edition, Second Printing - the number 2 is present in the number line. About the book (from the dust jacket) A turtle is crossing Boston Common and meets a most uncommon procession of creatures: Angwantibo, Boo-book, Coypu, Desman, Entellus, and so on and on--one leading the next in a stately alphabetical pageant. But not only is it alphabetical-- it is also zoological. For every one of the beasts with the tongue-twisting, mythical-sounding names is a real animal. Each is described in the back of the book. Norma Farber has raided the pages of the unabridged dictionary for her delightful and imaginative poem. And Arnold Lobel has gailv and meticulously created a parade framed by a Boston as charmingly prim as an old engraving. The combination makes a book for almost endless looking and rereading. About the author (from the dust jacket) NORMA FARBER, the author of Where's Gomer? and This Is the Ambulance Leaving the Zoo, says that alphabet stories are "a special obsession of mine--fascinated as I am with the beauty and expressiveness of the English language." About the illustrator (from the dust jacket) ARNOLD LOBEL. author and illustrator of many outstanding books, including the beloved stories about Frog and Toad, says, "I’ve always loved looking at old bestiaries. It was my overall intention, while working on Boston Common, to work for a sort of antiquarian ambience.'".…